Example sentences of "but what [be] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Every evening , the living room gets converted into some kind of camp by the children and smeared in food and footprints , ’ she laughs , ‘ but what 's the point of a home if you have to be precious with it ? ’ |
| 32 | Groups such as N-Joi and Altern 8 use dancers to give their performances a human feel , but what 's the point ? |
| 33 | The beef surprise was lovely , but what 's the surprise ? |
| 34 | He could , as the song says , get a good job if he tried , but what 's the point ? |
| 35 | But what 's the sense , I do n't want to draw attention to myself just before something important . " |
| 36 | But what 's the good of talking ? " |
| 37 | ‘ But what 's the difference ? ’ |
| 38 | ROS : But what 's the point ? |
| 39 | " But what 's the answer to my question ? " |
| 40 | " But what 's the point of building all those roads and railways ? " |
| 41 | But what 's the ? |
| 42 | We 've got an excellent result at the end of the day , but what 's the point of having an excellent result if we 're bankrupt next week ? |
| 43 | But what 's the date today ? |
| 44 | ‘ I could ask where each of you were today but what 's the use ? ’ |
| 45 | ‘ But what 's the hurry ? ’ asked Charles , deliberately obtuse . |
| 46 | But what 's the other point . |
| 47 | But what 's the point of holding a meeting that goes on for more than twelve hours ? |
| 48 | but what 's the difference in the courses |
| 49 | Er well er perhaps not , but what 's the , I mean what 's the context in wh wh which people quote that saying ? |
| 50 | Dreams exist to safeguard sleep , but what 's the ultimate , what was Freud 's ultimate finding about dream , the kind of essence of his dream theory ? |
| 51 | ‘ But what 's the point of going up to Luxor if you never get a chance to see anything ? ’ asked Nanette . |
| 52 | " But what 's the matter with her ? " |
| 53 | Let's just think about well first of all the incoming elasticity argument right , manufactures greater than one agriculture less than one right , that 's one reason why agriculture is a declining sector right , it 's also a declining sector in world trade for the same reason that it has got a low income elasticity whereas manufacturing had a high income elasticity now , consumers like variety in food just as much as they like variety in manufactured goods alright , but what 's the problem with agricultural goods ? they 're essentially homogenous alright wheat is wheat sugar is sugar . |
| 54 | That 's right you want to blend in but what 's the real feeling what 's the thought in your head ? |
| 55 | ‘ Of course you can drive down and drive back and be back soon , ’ she fumed later when Marc had released them after prolonging his cat-and-mouse game with his brother for as long as possible , ‘ but what 's the point when there is no paper ? ’ |
| 56 | I know , but what 's the point of having a new suite , and having old covers on it like that . |
| 57 | Yeah but what 's the licence you have , what 's the licence for the gun ? |
| 58 | Well I was gon na buy one , but what 's the point ? |
| 59 | and it grown and that 's it , no , they 've got ta bombard it with chemicals and all sorts , they want more and more but what 's the good of producing more and more , but all these people all over the world dying of hunger |
| 60 | Yeah but what 's the matter ? |